HomeRamayanaYuddha KandaSarga 120Shloka 6.120.26
Previous Verse
Next Verse

Shloka 6.120.26

रामस्तवः — ब्रह्मणा रामस्य नारायणत्वप्रकाशनम् (Rama-Stava: Brahma Reveals Rama’s Nārāyaṇa Identity)

जगत्सर्वंशरीरंतेस्थैर्यंतेवसुथातलम् ।।।।अग्निःकोपःप्रसादस्तेसोम्श्रीवत्सलक्षणः ।

jagat sarvaṃ śarīraṃ te sthairyaṃ te vasudhātalam | agniḥ kopaḥ prasādas te somaḥ śrīvatsalakṣaṇaḥ ||

The whole universe is Your body; the face of the earth is Your steadfastness. Fire is Your wrath; Your grace is Soma; and You bear the sacred mark of Śrīvatsa.

"The total world represents your body, your firmness represents the earth, your anger is fire, your grace is nobility, a sign of Srivatsa."

R
Rāma
W
world
E
earth
A
Agni
S
Soma
Ś
Śrīvatsa

Power must be balanced: righteous anger (to destroy adharma) is paired with grace (to protect and restore).

A theological description of Rāma’s cosmic attributes is given to frame the war as restoration of order, not mere conquest.

Self-mastery: the capacity to be fierce against wrongdoing yet benevolent toward the deserving.